Editor’s Note
By Karolina Grzeszczuk
I am writing this note in a post-Brexit, pre-American election world where the Canadian – and indeed the world – economy seems to be holding its breath, teetering between hope and anxiety.
Working as Peer Career Advisors Helps Students Conquer Their Own Career Indecision
By Analise Anderson-Ma
Encouraging post-secondary students to become peer advisors can increase their personal career clarity and assist them to make the link between post-secondary study and work
What I’ve Learned Supporting Arts and Culture Clients
The major fumble that career professionals make with arts-interested jobseekers is treating them as one or the other: arts-interested or a jobseeker, when in reality, creative clients require a different strategy
The Four Faces of Indecision
A model for increasing clients’ ability to tolerate uncertainty and to foster productive career exploration in the indecisive person
Navigating the Uncertain Terrain of the New Retirement Workscape
We need to update how we view retirement to better respond to the hopes, anxieties and motivations of those who seek post-retirement work options
Hot Links: Conquering Indecision & Anxiety
Career Decision Wheel
Created by Norman Amundson and Gray Poehnell, the Wheel is a useful tool that includes eight aspects essential to career decision making. Downloadable for free, Deirdre Pickerell’s “Work Search Strategies” chapter in Career Development Practice in Canada includes a helpful synopsis of the Wheel.
Career Briefs
What is the future of jobs in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The World Economic Forum released a report earlier this year on The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, analyzing current disruptions to business models with data collected from over 13 million employees across nine industries globally and 15 major developing and emerging economies.
Canada’s Career Service Professionals: How Do They Differ Across Canada?
By Mario R. Gravelle
This article will provide a brief regional comparison of some of the key findings from the CERIC 2015 Survey of Career Service Professionals. The survey was designed to provide a snapshot of those in the field, surface their professional development and competency improvement interests as well as issues pertaining to research and learning dissemination. Collecting just over 1,000 completed responses provides an opportunity to disaggregate the overall findings by regions – British Columbia (135), Prairies (152), Ontario (372), Quebec (187) and Atlantic Canada (127) – to see some of the commonalities and notable differences in the field.
An Authentic and Experiential Career Development Model for Everybody
By Adriano Magnifico
The Career Internship Program re-imagines the way we deliver career education, connecting students to their vast potential – and provides a replicable model for other high schools
ACT in Career Counselling
By Nadia Richard and Michel Bleau
Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) can be a powerful approach to help clients accept what is beyond their control and commit to taking career actions aligned with their values, despite the obstacles
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